thank.

1 Thessalonians 1:2, 3
We always thank God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers . . .

Romans 1:8, 9
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world. . . .

because.

Jeremiah 44:16
"As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

Matthew 10:13, 14, 40
If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. . . .

Acts 2:41
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

Acts 10:33
So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us."

Acts 13:45, 48
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying. . . .

Acts 16:14, 30-34
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. . . .

Acts 17:11, 18-20, 32
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. . . .

Galatians 4:14
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise me or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.

2 Peter 3:2
by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

the word of God.

Jeremiah 23:28, 29
Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain? declares the LORD. . . .

Luke 5:1
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,

Luke 8:11, 21
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. . . .

Luke 11:28
But He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

Acts 8:14
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Acts 13:44, 46
On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. . . .

Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

2 Peter 1:16-21
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. . . .

effectually.

1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction--just as you know we lived among you for your sake. . . .

John 15:3
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

John 17:17, 19
Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. . . .

Romans 6:17, 18
But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Colossians 1:6
that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

1 John 5:4, 5
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. . . .